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I broke a glass cup a few hours ago, and thought I had gotten all the pieces, until this little bugger nearly got me in the foot. If it had, I would've been screwed. What a wake-up call. :shock:
 

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Try slamming on the brakes till your damn near standing in the car and still sliding into traffic. It's happened three times with this weather. Amazed it didn't happen yesterday... glad you didn't step on that piece...


Laura
 
Lau2046 said:
Try slamming on the brakes till your damn near standing in the car and still sliding into traffic. It's happened three times with this weather. Amazed it didn't happen yesterday... glad you didn't step on that piece...


Laura
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So am I. Would've messed up my foot really good if I had.
 
It would have hurt, but I really don't think you would have been "screwed" so to speak. If I can give people stitches in their foot for stepping on a chainsaw blade and they drive themselves home...
 
Mewtilation said:
It would have hurt, but I really don't think you would have been "screwed" so to speak. If I can give people stitches in their foot for stepping on a chainsaw blade and they drive themselves home...
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Maybe not screwed, but messed up really good. Thing was mere inches from my foot-- literally scraped the bottom of my foot, and that's how I discovered it. Just lucky it didn't cut the skin. And that foot has a prior history-- I actually punched a hole in it years back, and that took months to recover from.
 
*facepalm* Me thinks you have a habit of over-exaggerating on circumstances that aren't that big of a deal. Me also thinks you have a habit of over-exaggerating on anything you typically say anyway... Seems every injury you nearly encounter you've had a previous history with at some point... that's also what me thinks... :hmm:

I had a history where I broke my leg. Broken, clean broken. Then, a week ago I almost got t-boned by an old dude driving a car on my motorcycle on the same side as my previously broken leg! Imagine that! :shock:

The moral to this story, is it doesn't matter if a previous injury happened there, it's not really going to hurt any more or any less. The only exception to this is previously broken bones, which are left slightly weaker but not by much on a measurable scale most of the time...

The second moral to this story is, there's many worse things out there than stepping on some broken glass... it's not the end of the world, even though you seem to make a huge case of it.

The last moral of the story is I almost got crushed by a car on a motorcycle, and didn't start a thread. :D

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Mewtilation said:
*facepalm* Me thinks you have a habit of over-exaggerating on circumstances that aren't that big of a deal. Me also thinks you have a habit of over-exaggerating on anything you typically say anyway... Seems every injury you nearly encounter you've had a previous history with at some point... that's also what me thinks... :hmm:

I had a history where I broke my leg. Broken, clean broken. Then, a week ago I almost got t-boned by an old dude driving a car on my motorcycle on the same side as my previously broken leg! Imagine that! :shock:

The moral to this story, is it doesn't matter if a previous injury happened there, it's not really going to hurt any more or any less. The only exception to this is previously broken bones, which are left slightly weaker but not by much on a measurable scale most of the time...

The second moral to this story is, there's many worse things out there than stepping on some broken glass... it's not the end of the world, even though you seem to make a huge case of it.

The last moral of the story is I almost got crushed by a car on a motorcycle, and didn't start a thread. :D

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Okay, maybe I DO exaggerate things, and probably shouldn't do that, but I'm trying to be honest, but it seems to get just a little out of hand from me. And no, it's not the end of the world, and yes, there are much more worse things out there.
 
Last year, I walked on a nail wearing my hiking boot without knowing that I did so. It wasn't until I took my boot off that I did notice the nail. It would have been a lot worse if I was barefooted.
 
Lau2046 said:
Try slamming on the brakes till your damn near standing in the car and still sliding into traffic. It's happened three times with this weather. Amazed it didn't happen yesterday... glad you didn't step on that piece...


Laura
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I am glad you did not get hurt or had a horrible accident. That could had cause a pile up of cars like we been seeing on the news .

I had to have glass pulled from my head when my car was Tboned by a teenager driver. I had just came through after been knocked out cold and the doctor was pulling the glass out with no rubber gloves on . I was like WTF , the DR. finally realize this and put gloves on . :shock:
 
dereksbicycles said:
Last year, I walked on a nail wearing my hiking boot without knowing that I did so. It wasn't until I took my boot off that I did notice the nail. It would have been a lot worse if I was barefooted.
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You would had needed to tetanus shot or risk getting blood poison .
 
I got attacked by a big rusty nail carrying old wood out of the house, the board slid and the nail ripped my chest opened about 3" long. I didnt go get stiches, I didnt cry, I just kept working... Now I got this scar and it keeps swelling up and itching, I think there might be something trapped under the skin since it healed, most of it is normal but about a 1/2" to 1" of the scar swells up and itches from time to time???? Am I gonna die?
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
Okay, maybe I DO exaggerate things, and probably shouldn't do that, but I'm trying to be honest, but it seems to get just a little out of hand from me. And no, it's not the end of the world, and yes, there are much more worse things out there.
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oh my!

you know - I almost lost my right leg last summer because I was drowsy-riding on my motorcycle and I nearly missed the curve. But I did sideswipe against the guardrail. Thanks god I didn't end up going straight into it otherwise that would have cut off my leg clean. I ended up with extremely swollen leg and it healed up within a week or 2.

I went to hospital to get stitched up because my shower glass door shattered into million pieces. I've had 3 lacerations on my hands and foot and it took me a few weeks to heal.

last fall, I had a crazy dog biting on my ass. more like a nip. the new few days - I had a big bruise surrounding the bite wound. took a week or two for it to heal.

so..... why is it that any injury you had like a bad blister (from rollerskating or ice skating) or almost stepping on glass... it would take you mmooonnnnntttthhhhssss to heal? you have a health condition that would make you heal very sllloooowwwwllllyyyy?
 
Mewtilation said:
It would have hurt, but I really don't think you would have been "screwed" so to speak. If I can give people stitches in their foot for stepping on a chainsaw blade and they drive themselves home...
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Hubby didn't step on a chainsaw blade but he cut his knee with one that was running. Not to take away from Mark's near disaster. :giggle:
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
I broke a glass cup a few hours ago, and thought I had gotten all the pieces, until this little bugger nearly got me in the foot. If it had, I would've been screwed. What a wake-up call. :shock:
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Call out the National Guard!

Wow! Almost as bad as when my driver's side window exploded on me when I was driving over 65 mph on the far lane of the interstate. :roll:
 
Mewtilation said:
...I had a history where I broke my leg. Broken, clean broken. Then, a week ago I almost got t-boned by an old dude driving a car on my motorcycle on the same side as my previously broken leg! Imagine that! :shock:....
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Ouch! That's the one thing I fear when we're on the bike (now trike). We've had some close calls but no impacts yet.

I worry about people who "don't see" motorcycles. The lady who totalled my Jeep (clear day) "didn't see" the Cherokee, so I don't have faith that people see our bike, even with all the extra lights we have.
 
Reba said:
Call out the National Guard!

Wow! Almost as bad as when my driver's side window exploded on me when I was driving over 65 mph on the far lane of the interstate. :roll:
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Reminds me of when I had tailgate window blow off tailgate and into highway while driving. I was driving my 1990 Cherokee back in 1998.
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
Okay, maybe I DO exaggerate things, and probably shouldn't do that, but I'm trying to be honest, but it seems to get just a little out of hand from me. And no, it's not the end of the world, and yes, there are much more worse things out there.
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Yes, there are worse things.

Two years ago, my son-in-law had a huge slab of steel land on his foot at work and had to have his leg amputated below the knee. He could have died if he hadn't moved out of the way in time.
 
dereksbicycles said:
Reminds me of when I had tailgate window blow off tailgate and into highway while driving. I was driving my 1990 Cherokee back in 1998.
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Whoa!

Yes, highway incidents can be scary. When my window exploded the glass on me I didn't know what caused it. For all I knew, someone was taking pot shots at my car. But I just calmly slowed down, changed lanes, and pulled onto the shoulder of the road, and called for help.

I confess, I did post at AD later. :lol:

I was behind a car on a large bridge, years ago, whose hood popped up and blinded the driver. Somehow he pulled over OK. Whew!
 
Jiro said:
oh my!

you know - I almost lost my right leg last summer because I was drowsy-riding on my motorcycle and I nearly missed the curve. But I did sideswipe against the guardrail. Thanks god I didn't end up going straight into it otherwise that would have cut off my leg clean. I ended up with extremely swollen leg and it healed up within a week or 2.

I went to hospital to get stitched up because my shower glass door shattered into million pieces. I've had 3 lacerations on my hands and foot and it took me a few weeks to heal.
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I remember those incidents. Didn't your dad have to help you out of the shower? I forget, did you have to go to the hospital wearing just a towel? :giggle:

last fall, I had a crazy dog biting on my ass. more like a nip. the new few days - I had a big bruise surrounding the bite wound. took a week or two for it to heal.
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I take it the dog wasn't rabid?

so..... why is it that any injury you had like a bad blister (from rollerskating or ice skating) or almost stepping on glass... it would take you mmooonnnnntttthhhhssss to heal? you have a health condition that would make you heal very sllloooowwwwllllyyyy?
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Diabetics do have that problem. It can take months for an extremity to heal, or never heal.
 
I had a close call recently. She was using her cellphone and looked at me quizzically. She then stood on a chair and held it to my ear. Close. Very close.
Then I woke up.
 
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